I don't know if this will help, but I never prompt for a host, and never define one in my playbooks with anything other than a variable:
ie. --- # Sample playbook structure - hosts: "{{ host }}" # gather_facts: false # vars: # interval: 10 tasks: - name: Sample Name copy: content: "Wussup" dest: /tmp/Jeremy_Was_Here.txt force: yes owner: root group: root mode: 0555 notify: Wussup handlers: - name: Wussup service: name: whatever state: restarted When I call my playbook I specify the host: ansible-playbooks /path/to/sample.yml -e host=somehost Let me know if that doesn't help and I can keep looking into the issue you are running into. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ansible-project+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to ansible-project@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/79423fa9-2b56-4111-b831-e716a6de3a11%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.